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1st District Congressman Steve Scalise says he hopes Louisiana's Attorney General will mount a legal challenge to the new federal health care law. Scalise says he believes a requirement that all Americans purchase health insurance by 2014 or face a fine is unconstitutional. During an appearance on the Castner and Carty Show Monday morning, Scalise says there is no precedent for the federal government mandating that every American must purchase a good or service to be a lawful resident of the country. "In their bill they've got this individual mandate that says every American has to buy government approved health...

President Barack Obama gets a grade of “F” for his first year in office. President Obama has failed the American people on nearly all of his campaign promises. He campaigned on fiscal discipline, transparency, bipartisanship and job creation, but has failed miserably on all these pledges.

As the health care debate raged on across the country, U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise continued to attack proposals supported by President Barack Obama at a town hall event held Monday in Slidell, pushing instead an alternative bill to end frivolous medical lawsuits and create health care competition across state lines. "I oppose this bill," he said to applause from the more than 200 who attended the event at Slidell Junior High School. "I strongly think we need to make reforms to health care in this country but I think we need to be very careful to fix the things that...

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise rallied conservative faithful on the north shore Wednesday night as he attacked the health care plans being considered in Congress and pitched an alternative bill that would provide tax credits for insurance and cap malpractice awards. Scalise, R-Jefferson, acknowledged there were things broken with the current health insurance system but echoed conservative rhetoric as he argued the plan supported by President Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders would make problems worse. "I don't think we should break all the things that work to fix the things that don't work, " Scalise said. Several hundred packed the...

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, used a Thursday evening telephone conference with constituents to continue his assault on President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats for their plans to overhaul the American health insurance system. Scalise, serving his first full-term representing the conservative 1st Congressional District, framed the debate with familiar Republican rhetoric. In his opening, Scalise said he wants to expand access to care and lower costs. But he said House Resolution 3200, a Democratic bill Scalise opposed when it cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee before the August recess, would mean a "government takeover of health care."

A town hall gathering on crime and corruption hosted by U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise in Elmwood addressed a range of law-and-order issues Wednesday night, but the meeting eventually veered into a discussion of health care reform. The gathering attracted a standing-room-only crowd that packed the second-floor council chamber of the Joseph S. Yenni Building. Scalise said he organized the event before the town hall meetings on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul began. For his town hall meeting, Scalise pulled together a panel featuring Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick, Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon...

Congressman Steve Scalise of LA joins America Talks Radio LIVE at 6pm Eastern. He is ON FIRE and DEMANDING TRUTH for the American People! See Video HERE! (Just One minute long- but power packed)

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as Democrats rejoiced Sunday at having snatched a Louisiana congressional seat long held by Republicans, an observer warned it doesn't mean voters are spurning the GOP and said the victor's hold on the seat is shaky. State Rep. Don Cazayoux polled 49 percent Saturday to beat Republican publisher Woody Jenkins, who received 46 percent, for the 6th District seat in the U.S. House. Cazayoux and Jenkins share conservative positions on gun rights and abortion, but interest groups' ads attacked the Democrat as a tax-happy liberal and accused the Republican of tax evasion. Some ads...

Democrat Don Cazayoux has won a special congressional election, bolstering his party's majority status on Capitol Hill and taking a seat held by Republicans since 1974. Cazayoux, a state lawmaker, beat Republican Woody Jenkins to cap a campaign that drew attention and cash from the national parties and from interest groups in Washington. The seat opened when Republican Richard Baker, a 20-year incumbent, resigned to take a lobbying job. With all precincts reporting, Cazayoux had 49 percent to 46 percent for Jenkins, a community newspaper publisher.

Polls have closed in Louisiana. The big interest is in the sixth congressional district, where Democrats think they can snatch an open seat.

WWL-TV political consultant Greg Rigamer projects that Steve Scalise will win the GOP Primary in the First Congressional District of Louisiana. With 95 percent of the vote in, Steve Scalise has 58% of the vote. Tim Burns has 42%.

Louisiana state Rep. Steve Scalise (R) will be a candidate for the special election to replace Rep. Bobby Jindal (R), and he enters the race with some heavyweights behind him. Scalise told The Hill on Friday that he is running and will likely make a formal announcement in January, close to the Jan. 29-31 qualifying window. After filing a statement of candidacy this week, he will hold a fundraiser in Washington next week with former Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.), who held the seat until 1999 and now works as a lobbyist. Scalise also said he has secured two top Louisiana...